Su Mo's First Soul Skill

"You! At most, you should only be able to absorb a Soul Ring of around three hundred years. Of course, that is assuming we can ensure your safety."

In a forest on the outskirts of the Star Dou Great Forest, standing before the corpse of the three-hundred-year-old Blade Mantis, Bibi Dong's beautiful face immediately showed a thoughtful expression at Su Mo's question. After considering it for a moment, she replied.

"Assuming my safety can be ensured? Does that mean that, theoretically, I can absorb a Soul Ring of even greater age?"

Su Mo could not help asking again in "curiosity."

"Of course you can, in theory!"

"In fact, according to Spirit Hall's records, when Soul Scholars break through to the Soul Master realm, the highest recorded age for a Soul Ring absorption is currently four hundred and thirty-two years."

"But anyone who claims that four hundred and thirty-two years is necessarily the limit for a Soul Master's first Soul Ring absorption would definitely be wrong."

"Because according to Spirit Hall's records, the Soul Master who set that First Soul Ring Absorption Limit did not possess the strongest beast Martial Soul. He had merely trained diligently after birth."

"If his Martial Soul had been the strongest beast Martial Soul, such as the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Soul, and he had trained hard afterward as well, perhaps he might have been able to absorb a Soul Ring of around five hundred years."

"But unfortunately, Xiao Mo, your Martial Soul is not a beast Martial Soul. On top of that, you have not trained since childhood, so your body is among the weakest of Soul Masters at the same level. It would be better to play it safe."

Realizing that Su Mo still seemed to want to absorb a Soul Ring of even greater age, Bibi Dong shook her head somewhat helplessly. She stepped forward and rubbed Su Mo's head, her tone carrying both advice and comfort.

Four hundred and thirty-two years?

Feeling the warm Jade Hand messing with his hair, Su Mo's heart stirred.

That age seemed to be the absorption limit for the first Soul Ring in the Soul Ring Absorption Limit Theory proposed by Yu Xiaogang.

Was it really such a coincidence?

Or was it truly as many people online in his previous life had said—that many of Yu Xiaogang's theories had been plagiarized from Spirit Hall's research?

After all, given Yu Xiaogang's abilities, it would have been one thing if he could still rely on the resources of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan. But the problem was that he had already fled the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan.

Without being able to rely on the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan's power, how could he possibly have had the ability to conduct all kinds of research, especially research into Soul Ring absorption limits?

To determine the maximum absorption age for every Soul Ring, lives would have to be risked!

Therefore, the most logical explanation was that Yu Xiaogang's Soul Ring Absorption Limit Theory had relied on Bibi Dong and plagiarized Spirit Hall's data.

By asking Bibi Dong about the first Soul Ring, Su Mo had successfully resolved a doubt that had been hidden in his heart for a long time. At the same time, he had verified Yu Xiaogang's true nature, leaving him deeply satisfied.

And at that moment, a dark yellow hundred-year Soul Ring finally condensed above the Blade Mantis's corpse.

Afterward, following Bibi Dong's instructions beside him, Su Mo sat down cross-legged next to the Blade Mantis's corpse.

He then summoned the Death God Scythe Spirit, closed his eyes, circulated his Soul Power, and drew over the Blade Mantis's Soul Ring. It settled around his Martial Soul as he began absorbing it.

In the blink of an eye, more than two hours passed.

After more than two hours of absorption, Su Mo finally succeeded in absorbing the Soul Ring of the three-hundred-year-old Blade Mantis. He opened his eyes and rose from the ground.

"Xiao Mo, are you done absorbing it? Then let's take a look at your First Soul Skill."

Seeing that Su Mo had finished absorbing the Soul Ring, Bibi Dong immediately walked over and spoke.

"Mm."

Su Mo nodded and summoned the Death God Scythe Spirit once more.

This time, when Su Mo summoned the Death God Scythe Spirit, it was not only the strange, deathly Death God Scythe Spirit that emerged from his right hand.

A yellow hundred-year Soul Ring also silently rose beneath his feet.

"First Soul Skill!"

After summoning the Death God Scythe Spirit, Su Mo gave a low shout and instantly activated the First Soul Ring he had just absorbed toward the front.

In an instant, as the First Soul Ring circling his body lit up, an intense wave of Soul Power erupted. Su Mo fiercely swung the Death God Scythe Spirit forward.

A pitch-black blade of light, shaped like a scythe and radiating dense deathly energy, instantly shot out from the Death God Scythe Spirit and sliced rapidly forward.

As the blade of light flew forth—

The scythe-shaped blade of light remained connected to the Death God Scythe at its tail. As it cut forward, the black radiance linking the two continued to stretch.

At last, the pitch-black blade of light slashed through a large swath of trees and continued onward.

Wherever the black, scythe-shaped blade of light filled with deathly energy passed, trees were not only cleaved in two and toppled to either side, but they also rapidly withered and decayed at a speed visible to the naked eye.

In the blink of an eye, a vast stretch of lush green trees had become dry, yellow, withered wood.

"This!!"

Watching everything unfold before them, Yue Guan and Gui Mei both widened their eyes and sucked in a breath of cold air, their hearts filled with shock.

What kind of Soul Skill attribute was this? The pitch-black blade of light it unleashed was not only incomparably sharp, but could also steal life itself.

This was far too terrifying!

If someone were struck by this attack, even if they were not injured, their lifespan would probably be greatly reduced!

But it was not over yet!

After the pitch-black blade of light released by Su Mo's First Soul Skill had cut through the vast stretch of trees ahead, it suddenly reversed direction and flew back.

However, the returning pitch-black blade of light no longer carried the same dense deathly aura it had when first unleashed. Instead, it radiated a faint green glow, as though it contained immense Life Power.

And that was indeed the case.

When the pitch-black blade of light turned back and was drawn into the Death God Scythe, a powerful surge of vitality suddenly flowed through the Death God Scythe Spirit and poured into Su Mo's body.

Su Mo immediately felt all the exhaustion in his body swept away.

And this was the effect of Su Mo's First Soul Skill: Death Reaping. The Blade of Death it unleashed could not only injure enemies and harvest their Life Power, but could also feed that harvested Life Power back to him!

I finally get to see Xiao Mo's First Soul Skill, Death Reaping, again. This is an extremely rare death-attribute Soul Skill, much like many of the Soul Skills of my Death Spider Emperor Martial Soul!

Watching Su Mo display his First Soul Skill, Bibi Dong could not help feeling somewhat emotional.

Xiao Mo is clearly so compatible with me, so why could I see nothing in my previous life? Why could I only see that hypocritical Yu Xiaogang?

Thinking of this, Bibi Dong felt somewhat melancholy again.

But Bibi Dong quickly composed herself. A smile appeared on her beautiful face as she joined Yue Guan and Gui Mei in praising the strength of Su Mo's First Soul Skill. Then, she had Su Mo give the First Soul Skill a name.

Naturally, Su Mo followed the script and named his First Soul Skill Death Reaping.

It reaped death while harvesting life, just like harvesting crops!